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It looks like it did get rewired - they just forgot to connect the wires up that's all :lol:

I think your right, the consumer unit has not been put in yet, obviously they advertised the hose as re-wired before the installation was completed.

I intend to cut a hole in the back panel to allow for access to the old PowerPoint/ connections

Yes a circuit breaker - it's one of 2 switches out of the 10 which are red.
Anyway - husband had already decided it's a rubbish cooker - false economy. He didn't tell me that until after I started this thread. He has now bought a new one, different make and more expensive. Let's hope we have better luck with this one.
Thanks for all the input -...

To complete this summary the standard question - and answer - about the connection of a second distribution box, un tableau secondaire or divisionnaire . To keep it simple only a single-phase example to get the picture . The included table is for a voltage drop of 2%. For 1% divide the maximum distance in half. French lessons: ID = Interrupteur...

@ Aardvark: dumping the old system has also consequences for clients who don't want internet but want to keep their téléphone fixe . The problem with adsl service is the maximum distance over your pair of copper wires to the local telephone exchange, about 6 km. Using the slower re-adsl protocol - limited bandwith (500 kHz), a few dBs more signal...

I have just had a devis for repair work to our reversible system. The TVA rate quoted is at 10%. No idea what the rules are. ie Renovation. going green, we're obviously impoverished///

Thanks Le Dolly, I will have to investigate that hopefully I will be able to import my PDF and do a bit more work, I have already downloaded the Hager label software, but it's a bit cumbersome, hopefully the Legrand version may be more intuitive.

Not being there and the problems of long distance information over a noisy telephone line: about the other box . Is everything okay if we measure 230 volt down there? Not always, it is a simple series connection: electrical heating element ---> thermostat ---> security switch where a defect in one of these three will stop the flow of electrons. So...

RA, Interesting video, I had wondered how they work, thanks for that, have to say though if they are all such a simple device, why are some of them so expensive? rhetorical question.

My new Samsung a50 charger cable has a different connection to phone than any other Samsung device I've ever had.

Cant think why it would be a different connection. Obviously the USB end still fits any charger.

My older samsung phone (s7) had one of these plugs with a piece that folded flat or was moveable.

@ RA - As ever thank you. I have printed off the links in the posting you led me to. I believe I have a three-phase (not really sure or what the difference means) but I have the pictures to compare with what is on the wall.
Thanks again.

Kerching! Another win for the energy company. A higher standing charge whether you use it or not. :roll:...

The Diagnostic is a non intrusive look around for anything obvious, so they would not find anything buried or covered over, but I do feel that the electrics are a bit different as they could kill you, so IMO I think a bit of testing is not asking too much.

And then you have the conundrum that if the RCD has tripped and not the MCB you also don't know which circuit is at fault, turn off all the MCB's and the RCD and switch each MCB back on until it trips again, it then should indicate which circuit is at fault, the problem we have in the UK is the multiple circuits we tend to put on one MCB, the 18th...

This where the electrical diagnostic reports carried out when selling or buying fall down, they always report against the latest legislation not against the legislation appropriate to the time of installation, admittedly can be hard to determine unless the original installation had been correctly documented and subsequently any periodic inspection...

Ohh you are rich, I only have two cars. :lol:

Just had a look on ebay the ones there are only rated for 5Amps.

Found one at 10Amps

@ Fitter: there are villages where they were obliged to step back, afraid of big brother ENEDIS: we'll sue you and finally you'll go bankrupt. Leaving it to the individual consumers to refuse the smart meter.

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LD, about this parafoudre at about 6.23 minutes of this video: my first reaction was, never connect a parafoudre directly to this busbar and then I realised that this module doesn't have connectors into the bus rail. Standard operating procedures, something like this with a short connection to the earth rail. And indeed: this Robert had a certain...

I had my 20-year contract approved in Aug 2012 and got the rate for that quarter (35.390/kWh). They were then installed but didn't get connected by ERDF until Feb 2013!

Sometime in late 2020 the cost of my panels, after the environmental tax rebate but before any calculation of lost interest and assuming nothing needs replacing, will be paid for....

A few minutes ago an email from SystèmeD asking the attention of the DIY guys how to: Réaliser le câblage et l'installation d'un tableau électrique pré-équipé . There goes your sunny sunday morning and afternoon: au travail .

The Quest for the Holy Grail has never been easy. Sometimes rather objective websites can show what is possible within the existing French regulatory framework. The website of Photovoltaïque is one of them. Technical solutions can go beyond these legal limits: loads of application notes to be found, perhaps already implemented, pc-board and parts...

And if you want validation for peace of mind or to protect you from an opportunistic purchaser in the future you can ask Consuel to visit and test the completed installation and grant a certificate of conformity, about €110, may have gone up since I had all mine (7) done but money well spent.

Much appreciated, many thanks indeed.

JD

@ Mysty: interesting follow-up question: LINKY smartmeter for power surveillance or still the old friendly disjoncteur de branchement ?

As LD already suggested: a power shedding system can be your best friend in these cases. Priority for lights and sockets etc., others please wait a few minutes or longer. A simple unit ( délesteur ) in your...